Shy and retiring TOWIE flower Chloe Sims has stripped off and covered herself in sushi for the show’s latest episode, at a decidedly fishy Sex and the City party thrown by co-stars Billi and Cara.

What could be sexier than a lettuce bikini? (Picture: ITV)

The TOWIE girls took inspiration from the famous Sex and the City scene, which saw sexually voracious character Samantha lie naked on a dining room table and cover herself in sushi â expectant of her boyfriend’s arrival.

Obviously being every bit as smart and graceful as the SATC girls, the TOWIE cast decided to recreate the pose with Chloe stripping down to a lettuce bikini before being slathered in sushi and wasabi.

This actually happened (Picture: ITV)

Chloe felt like she was in a weird fish dream, as the conversation that accompanied the scene so eloquently informs:

Billi: ‘Where shall I put the lobster?’

Chloe: ‘No! You know I don’t like animals near me.’

Billie: ‘Make sure you don’t get wasabi anywhere coz it will hurt.’

Chloe: ‘Ugh it stinks of fish! I feel like I’m passing out, I’m in like a weird fish dream!’

Chloe Sims inevitably strips off in TOWIE (Picture: TOWIE)

Elsewhere in the episode, due to air on ITV2 tonight at 10pm, new boy Ricky Rayment continued to impress the girls, uttering the Shakespearean: ‘ So girls, I’m newly on the market, anyone fancy a purchase?’

VIDEO: Watch Samantha’s original Sex and the City sushi surprise (Warning: strong language, partial nudity, some fish in some places)